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Just for fun, we started digging through the accounts followed by 60 popular verified #MAGA accounts to see what there is to see. We found one weird thing that stuck out like a sore thumb (and will add more if/when we find more). . .
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Meet @ScottIngwers. This account has never tweeted, never liked any tweets, has no bio, and uses a default profile pic. Despite this, its 342 followers include @DonaldJTrumpJr, @IvankaTrump, and @EricTrump.
Since the account has no content, there& #39;s not really much about @ScottIngwers to analyze, but we did notice that despite the account being totally empty, it& #39;s picked up followers in a variety of languages.
(also possibly interesting, one of @ScottIngwers protected followers, @wn_defenders, has the "1488" white supremacist dog whistle in its profile)
(possible partial explanation - as several folks have pointed out, there is a Trump Hotels executive with the same name as the empty account)
Moving on, four of the verified #MAGA accounts follow members of the Mad World News botnet:
• @PatriotCELL is followed by @DineshDSouza, @LisaMarieBoothe, @chuckwoolery, and @drdavidsamadi
• @The4GNet is followed by @LisaMarieBoothe and @chuckwoolery
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• @PatriotCELL is followed by @DineshDSouza, @LisaMarieBoothe, @chuckwoolery, and @drdavidsamadi
• @The4GNet is followed by @LisaMarieBoothe and @chuckwoolery
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Next up, two of the prominent verified #MAGA accounts ( @CassandraRules and @johncardillo) follow perennial bot magnet @ARTEM_KLYUSHIN.
Some recent threads on Klyushin& #39;s account:
https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1109255003187888128
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Some recent threads on Klyushin& #39;s account:
https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1109255003187888128
Four of the large blue-check #MAGA accounts ( @DineshDSouza, @ChanelRion, @ScottBaio, and @gatewaypundit) follow conspiracy theory dispenser @GregRubini, an account that repeatedly claims without evidence to have "sources" in Trump& #39;s inner circle. https://twitter.com/conspirator0/status/1227062755687092224">https://twitter.com/conspirat...
